David Chadwick MP: written questions
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Global Centre of Rail ExcellenceDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to use rail industry procurement to support the Global Centre of Rail Excellence opportunity.
Answer: The Department of Transport continues to engage closely with the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) in developing its proposal for world-class research, testing and certification site in South Wales. Department for Transport officials contribute thro...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: ResearchDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking with the rail industry to ensure it can access a greater share of competitive research and development funding through UKRI and Horizon Europe.
Answer: Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) play a critical role in helping the rail industry reduce its emissions and costs, optimise operations, improve resilience and safety and enhance passenger experience. The Department of Transport continues to...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Centre of Rail ExcellenceDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Welsh Government to ensure that the opportunity of the Global Centre of Rail Excellence is maximised as part of its Industrial Strategy.
Answer: The Department of Transport continues to engage closely with the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) in developing its proposal for world-class research, testing and certification site in South Wales. Department for Transport officials contribute thro...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordGlobal Centre of Rail ExcellenceDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to help the Welsh Government ensure the Global Centre of Rail Excellence facility in South Wales is being supported to project completion.
Answer: The Department of Transport continues to engage closely with the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) in developing its proposal for world-class research, testing and certification site in South Wales. Department for Transport officials contribute thro...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: WalesCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26763More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a list of Foreign Direct Investment in Wales by country.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27th January is now available in the House Library.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: InfrastructureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that National Grid is taking improved action to regularly maintain infrastructure networks.
Answer: The maintenance of our electricity network is critical to deliver clean, secure power to homes and businesses across the country. Electricity network operators are private companies which build, own, operate, and maintain electricity network infrastructur...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: ShortagesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential economic impact of seeking unlicensed products as an alternative to Creon to mitigate ongoing pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy shortages on pharmac
Answer: There has been no assessment on the potential economic impact of seeking unlicensed products as an alternative to Creon.The Department is continuing to engage with suppliers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) and special importers of unlicens...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: WalesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress National Grid Electricity Transmission have made on (a) proposals to connect the transmission grid in north Wales to the south and (b) agreements with generators on connection c
Answer: As a private transmission owner National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) develops project proposals in England and Wales where a transmission need is identified by the National Energy System Operator (NESO). In all proposals evidence demonstrating du...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVettingHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to provide additional support to police forces impacted by increased volumes of disclosure applications.
Answer: The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is operationally independent from the Home Office and works directly with police forces to process disclosure applications.Overall, police performance remains strong: the DBS sends approximately 3 million checks ea...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWelsh National Opera: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with (a) Arts Council England and (b) Arts Council of Wales on a sustainable funding solution for the Welsh National Opera.
Answer: I have already held a series of productive meetings with the Wales Office, Welsh Government, Arts Council England, and Welsh National Opera to understand the issue in more detail and to see how, within the parameters of the arm’s length principle, DCMS ca...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Wye: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on implementing the River Wye Action Plan.
Answer: This Government is actively progressing the next steps for the River Wye. This includes building stronger ties and working collaboratively with the Welsh Government, Environment Agency and Natural England, as well as local MPs, farmers, local community gr...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic LavatoriesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to provide public conveniences.
Answer: Adequate provision of public conveniences is an important issue which local authorities are best suited to manage, given their firm understanding of the needs of their communities.Our English Devolution White Paper, published before Christmas, sets out ho...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic LavatoriesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a statutory duty to provide public conveniences.
Answer: Adequate provision of public conveniences is an important issue which local authorities are best suited to manage, given their firm understanding of the needs of their communities.Our English Devolution White Paper, published before Christmas, sets out ho...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Respiratory DiseasesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are receiving PIP as a result of having a lung condition; and whether breathlessness is taken into account when conducting a PIP assessment.
Answer: In October 2024, there were 107,697 claimants with a respiratory diseased who received Personal Independence Payment (PIP). These figures are for England and Wales only and exclude claimants with Special Rules for End of Life. This figure can be found in ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFuels: PricesDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of varying fuel prices at nation-wide service station providers; and what steps she is taking to ensure equity for customers.
Answer: The local pricing of fuel at forecourts is a commercial matter for retailers. The Competition and Markets Authority has powers to monitor competition in the road fuel retail market. The government has committed to introduce legislation to implement Fuel F...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordProject Gigabit: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm TaweDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of (a) Project Gigabit funding has been (i) spent on and (ii) allocated for and (b) additional funding announced in the press notice entitled Hundreds of th
Answer: Project Gigabit funding is not allocated at a constituency or regional level. Instead, it is targeted at premises across the UK that need it most, specifically those outside of suppliers' commercial plans.The latest Project Gigabit contracts announced on ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: Brecon, Radnor and Cwm TaweDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many properties are not connected to the national (a) gas and (b) electricity grid in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe constituency.
Answer: The Department publishes estimates of the number of domestic properties not connected to the gas network in Great Britain by constituency. In 2023, an estimated 19,000 domestic properties (41%) in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe constituency were not connecte...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPayment Methods: Visual ImpairmentTreasuryTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21887More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure the accessibility of touch screens for (a) card payment machines and (b) other services for people with visual impairments.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring high standards of financial inclusion across the financial services sector. The Treasury continues to engage with UK Finance, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Royal National Institute of Blind People, and other ...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDigital Technology: InternetDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Government Digital Service's report entitled Accessibility monitoring of public sector websites and mobile apps from 2022 to 2024, published on 17 December 2024, w
Answer: The Government Digital Service (GDS) monitors the accessibility of public sector websites and mobile applications under The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Between January 2022 and September ...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRodenticides: SafetyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the findings on trends in the level of rat poison found in birds of prey in the report by Wild Justice entitled The Rodenticide Stewardship Scheme, published on 10 No
Answer: The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) rather than Defra has responsibility for regulating rodenticides/rat poisons. Given the potential risks posed to the environment by rodenticides, they are subject to strict regulation. Where wild birds of prey or any ...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: AgricultureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many agricultural workers claim Universal Credit.
Answer: The requested information is not held. We do not systematically collect data on the employment sector background of Universal Credit (UC) claimants because this does not affect entitlement to UC.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitals: FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effect of access to nutritious, appetising hospital food on patient's health, recovery and time spent in hospital; and what plans he has to introduce policies t
Answer: The Independent Review of Hospital Food, applicable to hospitals in England only, and published in October 2020, made a suite of recommendations for improving hospital food. The review made clear the positive effect on patient recovery and wellbeing of ac...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordWildlife: RodenticidesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for (a) her policies on reducing Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticide exposure in wildlife and (b) the Rodenticide Stewardship Scheme
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the previous reply PQ 15550.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordDevelopment AidTreasuryTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18476More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 210 on Development Aid, what fiscal circumstances are required for the restoration of the Official Development Assistance budget to 0.7% of gross national income.
Answer: The Government remains committed to international development and restoring Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending to the level of 0.7 percent of GNI as soon as the fiscal circumstances allow. The ODA fiscal tests determine that a return to 0.7 pe...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPets: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle trends in the (a) number of abandoned pets and (b) pressure on animal rescue centres.
Answer: Defra regularly meets animal welfare stakeholders to understand issues and trends affecting the sector. Defra welcomes the support that the animal sector has provided through pet food banks and financial support with veterinary treatment; and the financia...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
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